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The bar keeps going higher...alot of very nice stuff being made now a days....food was wonderfull..plenty of room to move[in some spots]....U machine makin guys suck with your home made toys...:drool:...good to see clamma again as well as others you only get to see once a year....ONLY thing missing was Salty and all his goodies...was hoping to pick-up somemore stuff cause his hardware is the best being made anywhere...Txs for putting on another good show folks.


PS.. for those guys that drove over 8 hours to get there..god bless ya...safe ride home.

Ted..u make awesome plugs...txs.

question for you Judge...
Your Honor, did you present Canalman with yet another award this year??

:D

not me...I'm a firm beleiver in win one year step down the next...spread the chear around...saw sum rookie plugs that blew me away....more talent out there now you can shake a stick at.

I agree, some pissa stuff on display, wish I could have stayed longer but the little guy needed to eat and stuff like that.

Hoooooooooooooolllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyy Mackerel. That was one great day. Thanks to everyone. Made the winter.

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Well being a Plug Fest Virgin, I was very impressed with all the stuff on display. I was a bit intimidated at first but after talking to a few of you guys I felt pretty comfortable asking my "DUMB" questions. Amazingly, some of you even traded for some of my plugs. The amount of sharing info and willingness to help is very encouraging to a new builder, and allowing my son to help pull raffle tickets was cool as well (he didn't stop talking about it all the way back to Somerset).
I can see how this can become obsesive....hope to see you all again at TCTFN.

What a day, and boy did it go fast. Some unbelievable stuff on display, and the talent across the board is unreal.

First off a big thank you goes out the guys who put it together.

plugfest was awesome. I can not believe the caliber of work out there. just amazing. Thanks to all the builders who donated to the raffle table. I won a sweet plug donated by angler 229. Thanks to numbskull for the darter.

I had a blast.:uhuh::rotf2:

Had a great time, Lots of new people. Hope everyone walked away with a little more info and tips this year. It was a little crazy for a while and I could not spend as much time with each of you as I would have liked . I am laways willing to share info all you have to do is ask.

CS
90% of the same exact product
Stimpson is Stimpson
VMC is VMC
WTP is WTP
they are the same quality

Incredible talent, and like Stevie said it gets better every year. Thanks to all who put it together. Thanks to George and Chris for the plugs and to Bruce for the "Chip", not to many of these around......

I think this took the an award...
 

I think this took the an award in the category for best Children's Book...

Great Day!
 

Had a blast today! I agree the level of talent in that room was insane! I was walking around with my jaw on the ground! You guys all have alot to be proud of!:uhuh: Great talking with all the folks I got to spend time with and sorry I missed a few! Food was great, company was fantastic and I agree the day just flew by......but they say "time does fly when you are having fun"....and it did because we were!:buds: Kudos to all who participated and made the day a huge success! :)

Canalman was conspicuously absent and missed! We missed you Dave!

Who had the Plastic molded stencils? Used for Mack pattern and bunker?

Trying to find out where to buy some of that plastic.

Great job to all. Outstanding work.

Thanks, Jamie

:fishin:

fun was had by all. Thanks organizers and tons of food. Nice talking and meeting everyone. Lots of fantastic talent. Great seeing all the long commuters too, drive safe guys.

Gremlin I don't know who had the stencil but i imagine you could make them with that plastic packaging that covers everything you buy now a days. I think you could form it with a heat gun.
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I saw Trolls there ..

Rockfish9 had the stencils!:uhuh:

lots of plugs

That's what they used and did form it with heat. Just trying to find out where you can purchase some.

Thanks for the response.

Jamie

Thanks Larry. Nice to meet you today. See you at the RI show.

Jamie

This was my first Plugfest. It turned out to be much more than I thought it would be. The talent in that room was great. The willingness to share their talent was greater. I learned a lot, met some nice guys, filled my belly, and bought some plug making supplies. This was the best ten bucks I ever spent. Thanks to all the organizers, cooks, and anyone else that worked to put this plugfest on.

I had the stencils along with the drill jigs. If your around Wareham, stop by the shop and I'll give you some of the material.
Other than that some guys use plastic milk bottles or Clam Pack Material and shape it with a heat gun.

Didn't know you had it Mike! Ya learn sumthin' new everyday! That stuff is cool.....now I know where to get some!:)

Thanks all .. Proffessor ,,, fist better than original ..

Lots of good stuff to see in here....PlugFest.... sounds like a great time was had by All.

I had a great time - it was my first one. Thanks JohnR and team. And thanks John for the raffle ticket. I realized later I shouldn't have gotten one - I didn't bring food. Nice guy John, he gave me one anyway. I'm glad I didn't win!

stifftip, thanks for the loading demo. Your jabs about the other plugs were fun. Who needs air brushes when you have sharpies!

As always a Great time.....enjoyed meeting some new people and touching base with the others. That Flaptail category had to be the toughest one to pick, they were ALL Spectacular looking.

Thanx to all who were involved in making this happen.

Walked out with some seriously nice pluggage too.......

What a great day. Big thanks to all that put it together. It was great catching with all the old faces and really nice meeting some new ones. CS is right...the bar is so high. I just can't get over the talent. Unreal. Thanks to all those that swapped plugs. Always fun having a new load of plugs in the spring to pull from. 2 more months...

Thanks to all. I second everything that was said. I had a great time and appreciate all of the work that went into the organizing the event. I do have to say that whoever made the fish chowda.......WOW!!!!:jump1::jump1: Incredable!!
Thanks again John and crew.